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If looks could kill, the cover of Camera Obscura's new single could get the electric chair, what with our six Glaswegians looking so insufferably swank all up in there. Seriously, dudes and ladies, where's the party?

Merge delivers "If Looks Could Kill"-- the latest single from Camera Obscura's lovely latest full-length, Let's Get Out of This Country-- to North American audiences on January 23. As if one format weren't murderous enough, our European brothers and sisters get two from Spain's trusted indie pop imprint Elefant on January 29: CD and seven-inch, each featuring different B-sides. And if you really want to flirt with death, check out the video for "If Looks Could Kill", a fast-paced travelogue that will have you seeing double.



Finally, as previously reported, Camera Obscura take to the open road beginning tonight in Atlanta. After a whirlwind tour of North America, they embark for the significantly warmer climes of summery Australia for scattered dates and festival appearances. Getting out of the country, indeed.

"If Looks Could Kill":

01 If Looks Could Kill
02 Hands Up Baby
03 Alaska

"If Looks Could Kill" 7":

01 If Looks Could Kill
02 I Love How You Love Me

Killing spree:

01-17 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
01-18 Tallahassee, FL - The Club Downunder
01-19 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
01-20 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
01-21 Charlottesville, NC - Satellite Ballroom *
01-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
01-24 New York, NY - Warsaw *
01-26 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
01-27 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club *
01-29 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *
01-30 Ottawa, Ontario - Barrymore's Music Hall *
01-31 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House *
02-01 Ann Arbor, MI - Bling Pig *
02-02 Kalamazoo, MI - Kraftbrau Brewery *
02-03 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium *
02-05 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
02-08 Denver, CO - The Bluebird Theater
02-09 Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
02-10 Mexico City, Mexico - City Hall
02-12 Seattle, WA - Neumos #
02-13 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards #
02-14 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom #
02-16 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's #
02-17 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre #
02-22 Brisbane, Australia - Troubadour
02-23 Melbourne, Australia - Laneway Festival
02-23 Melbourne, Australia - Northcote Social Club
02-24 Melbourne, Australia - Laneway Festival
03-02 Perth, Australia - Perth International Arts Centre
03-03 Brisbane, Australia - Laneway Festival
03-04 Sydney, Australia - Laneway Festival
03-05 Sydney, Australia - Annandale Hotel

* with the Essex Green
# with Portastatic